house was built in 1905 for restaurateur Max Nickel and later owned by the Leong family of Chinatown. The house was designed by John C. Austin, a Los Angeles architect, who was one of the designers of Los Angeles City Hall, Griffith Observatory, and the Arroyo Seco Bank Building at Figueroa Street and York Boulevard. Additionally, the Richard Henry Dana Branch (3320 Pepper Avenue, HCM No.1004), a former branch library of the Los Angeles Public Library, is #47 on the National Register of Historic Places in Los Angeles. In the media Cypress Park and businesses within it are frequently used as filming locations in feature films and music videos. The movies The Fast and the Furious, Catwoman, and Date Night as well as the television series Heroes filmed scenes in the Huron Substation. Local bar Footsie's was used for the music video to the song "Live Your Life" by T.I., featuring Rihanna. as well as the movie Bad Santa and the HBO series Barry. Future Cypress Park is in the beginning stages of economic revitalization, having been noted by the Los Angeles City Council and Community Redevelopment Agency of Los Angeles (CRA/LA) to have potential for economic growth. The CRA/LA has included Cypress Park in two of its proposed redevelopment plans, the Northeast Los Angeles River Project and the Cornfield Arroyo Seco Redevelopment Project. Cypress Park is becoming closely associated with the movement to revitalize the Los Angeles River, due to the Los Angeles River Center and Gardens and the Rio de Los Angeles State Park within its boundaries. To stem economic blight, the City Council in January 2010 approved an ordinance that banned any new auto-related businesses from opening in Cypress Park and Glassell Park. References External links Northeast Los Angeles Arts Organization L.A. City Council District 1 Greater Cypress Park Neighborhood Council Cypress Park crime map and statistics Neighborhoods in Los Angeles Northeast Los Angeles Arroyo Seco (Los Angeles County) San Rafael Hills Populated places established in 1882 1882 establishments in California